By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Mayor of Kenema city, Thomas Baio has handed over the City Hall and Clock Tower projects to contractors.
Hema Trading and Construction Limited based in Freetown won the bid for the construction of the clock tower, whiles local construction company Demba Enterprises and General Construction won the bid for the completion of the unfinished city hall.
By Kemo Cham and Francis Murray
Sierra Leone and Guinea have vowed to strengthen bilateral relations, during an ongoing visit by Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh to Conakry.
VP Jalloh’s visit comes days after an attack on the Guinean embassy in Freetown which led to the death of one person.
Police are investigating that incident which has been blamed on supporters of Guinean opposition leader, Sellu Dalen Diallo.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
A new report launched on Monday has revealed that 67.3% of taxpayers in Sierra Leone have no confidence in the way tax proceeds are managed, hence their reluctance to pay.
By Kemo Cham
Eleven prisoners serving terms for various offenses in the Makeni Correctional Center were among 384 people who graduated from the University of Makeni (UniMak) over the weekend.
The first of its kind in Sierra Leone’s penitentiary system, the graduates undertook six months courses at certificate level in Community Development Studies & Entrepreneurship.
Some of the modules they undertook included Information Technology, Agriculture, and Psychosocial Counselling.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has indicted former lawmaker, Kombor Kamara, over alleged misappropriation of public funds.
Kamara, who represented Constituency 056, which is now Constituency 074 (following the pre-2018 general elections boundary delimitation exercise), allegedly misappropriated the sum of Le1.3 billion.
He was indicted alongside Councilor Saidu Abass Kamara of Ward 246 in the same Constituency located in the Port Loko District, but on unrelated charges.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Hundreds of children living with various disabilities were treated to an outing on Lumley Beach on Saturday as part of an annual event for disabled children in the Western Area organized by the ENABLE THE CHILDREN project at World Hope International.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
